The most important thing about your accent is how you shape your body. This includes how you shape your throat, tongue and muscles. Every language is spoken with a body holding unique shapes. I’ll show in this video how to think about the shape of your body and what shape it needs to be in if you want to sound more like a native speaker.

00:00 Introduction
00:13 Topic: How to shape your body when you speak
00:21 Live class on how the Spanish voice should be different from the American voice
01:03 What happens when you speak English without changing the shape of your body
01:13 Rachel working with a student on how to say the phrase "I'm living"
01:46 Where your voice vibrates as a heat map
02:23 Piccolo analogy
02:44 Piccolo/Flute difference
03:09 Minnesota Orchestra
03:25 Piccolo
03:55 How does it relate to voice
04:48 Placement / link in the video description
05:28 Student exercise
09:52 More mellow exercise
10:37 Huge thank you to student who volunteered in live class
10:45 Live class in Rachel's Academy
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